Forst ST6 chipper bent axles

[oldwoodcutter]

Dont get me started on forsts blinking axles,from memory the last one was £800 - "not under warranty"

[Johny Walker]

Dont get me started on forsts blinking axles,from memory the last one was £800 - "not under warranty"

 

was it gold plated

[oldwoodcutter]

was it gold plated

 

Well it comes with all the hubs and brakes on,i was told the bare axle was not available.

[Johny Walker]

Well it comes with all the hubs and brakes on,i was told the bare axle was not available.

 

what make is it,

[treeman_gee]

Dont get me started on forsts blinking axles,from memory the last one was £800 - "not under warranty"

 

Crikey, that's not good! But surely they must realise they aren't strong enough and need to do a recall? If they don't, it not really going to help their products sell.

 

I asked him if they'd had any other axles fail, to which he responded 'not that he was aware of'. But he did tell me that they now offer a 'heavy duty' axle!...at a cost

[Johny Walker]

Crikey, that's not good! But surely they must realise they aren't strong enough and need to do a recall? If they don't, it not really going to help their products sell.

 

I asked him if they'd had any other axles fail, to which he responded 'not that he was aware of'. But he did tell me that they now offer a 'heavy duty' axle!...at a cost

 

my jensen is on a 5,stud axle ,think there an option .

[monkeybusiness]

I had an axle made by Trailertek (or at least supplied by them to my spec) built up with brakes/hubs etc for not a lot of money - I would thoroughly recommend them if you can wait for a couple of weeks for build. I'd push for a warranty replacement first though!

TomD-I think you are right - the constant load works running gear hard. We've also had ongoing problems with Ifor williams plant trailers that we run almost permanently within 500kg of their maximum gross weight snapping leaf springs. These are 2.7 tonne trailers, so I moved to a 3.5 tonne Brian James plant trailer for the same application to try and prevent this type of failure. To be fair there have been no running gear issues (axles, wheels, brakes, tyres etc) with the heavier spec Brian James which is run at least a tonne below its maximum gross weight, but the body is starting to crack up and will need welding!

[eddiegts]

Yes I've had it happen the first axel bent & Forst replaced it for free because it had the wrong size wheels/tyres. The 2nd one bent due to a small pothole (we think it might have been that)

[Robert_S]

Is this because they are trying to keep the weight below the 750kg that the metal is too thin ?

Just get your trailer ticket and tow a built out of proper steel over a ton chipper:biggrin:

[skyhuck]

I guess a 3 year warrantee is easy if they just chose not to cover stuff.